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Fall is well upon us, and if you want a book that comes with a heavy dose of — nay, that’s dripping in — foreboding, there’s nothing to do but dive into Shannon Morgan’s excellent modern gothic novel, A Penance for Crows.

On the tiny island of Beanna Dubh off th...


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Occasionally, I take an inordinate amount of time to get back to my reading list, even when a book of poems has thrilled me with an authentic first impression. Such is the case with Liza Hudock’s Reveille (Flood Editions), which I read a few poems from when it was publi...


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Translation is like the many different depictions we could produce of a single person (or that a single person could issue forth), according to the Polish British literary scholar and writer Adam Czerniawski. Whether those depictions are via photography, painting, or other media, t...


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An entrepreneur, former Marine, and co-founder and CEO of the cross-partisan organization With Honor, Rye Barcott is also the author of Courage Can Save US: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight...


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When author Annie Dillard died last month at the age of 81, I happened to be reading Michael Pollan’s A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness. I was enjoying the book and noting how, though Pollan reviews plenty of scientific theories, he concludes with a visit to...


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